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Re: What's in That Package?
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Bill T <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:27:34 -0500
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While Oxalic dribbling of 50mls of a 3.5% solution of
> Oxalic in sugar syrup (which would be 35grams of Oxalic
> in a 1-litre bottle of sugar syrup) is one way to go,
> why not take advantage of powdered sugar.


Thought the same thing. But there were trials several years ago that showed
powdered sugar sometimes did not get mite drop. Most of the time it does,
but for some reason, I believe it was in Georgia, it did not work.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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